E.H. Carr's "Twenty Years' Crisis" is a classic work in international relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the 20th century. The issues and themes he develops in this book continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. Michael Cox's critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance. Written with the student in mind, it offers a guide to understanding a complex, but crucial text.

英国斯特灵大学国际关系学者瓦西利斯·福斯卡斯博士与其合作者写了一本叫做《新美帝国主义：布什的反恐战争和以血换石油》的书，认为美国正在世界充当“新帝国主义”的角色。 　　美国的“新帝国主义”表现在三个方面：第一，美国通过主导国际货币体系和石油——美元定价机制确立了美元霸权。第二，通过与盟国“轮轴与辐条”的关系，确立了自己“自由世界中心”的地位。第三，通过夸大世界面临的威胁来为自己的对外政策“正义化”和“军事化”寻找依据。 　　1991年苏联解体后，冷战渐渐让位于新的世界秩序，美国成为了唯一的超级大国。然而在2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击之前，21世纪早期世界秩序的组织原则并不明确。现在它很明确了——对共产主义的长期战争被持久的“反恐战争”所取代。不管美军还会在伊拉克待多久，不管接下来还会采取什么军事行动，小乔冶·布什将继续作为一位“战时总统”，其外交政策由五角大楼主导。同时，作者认为，这一注重欧亚大陆石油的新帝国主义阶段，是二战后迪安·艾奇逊和保罗·尼兹等人思想与行动的最新发展。但2005年不是1945年，美国并不像国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德和副总统切尼所宣称的那样，正在用解放德国和日本的方式解放伊拉克和阿富汗；也没有像马歇尔计划重建被战争破坏的西欧那样重建伊拉克和前南斯托夫地区。由于其军事力量过度延伸，财政受赤字所累，美国今天不可能再采取那样的手段。作者认为，美国是在简单地强制性消牦发展中国家的自然资源，并强迫其他发达国家依赖于美国对世界经济的管理。作者断言，这种状况最终尢法延续下去，美国正在陷入一个深度危机的时期。美国的新帝国主义者要想避开最坏的噩梦——瞅洲、俄罗斯、中国和欧佩克结成战略和经济联盟，最好在对全人类和环境安全造成重大破坏之前，有序地撤回美国的军事力量。

Written by renowned international relations expert Joseph S. Nye, this lively book gives readers the background in history and political concepts they need to understand the issues facing our world today: the war in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran, and much more. Origins of the Great Twentieth-Century Conflicts; Balance of Power and World War I; The Failure of Collective Security and World War II; The Cold War; Intervention, Institutions, and Regional Conflicts; Interdependence and Globalization; The Information Age; A New World Order? Anyone interested in understanding international relations today.

《国际关系关键概念》第二版加入了二十多个新概念，是任何一个对国际关系感兴趣的读者必不可少的工具书。本书对后"9·11"时代国际关系领域最重要的主题的介绍，全面又切合当前情况。重点介绍的领域包括国际刑法、人权、发展中世界（阿拉伯联盟、非洲联盟）、全球化和战略研究。新收入的词汇包括： 英国学派 数字鸿沟 反恐战争 布什主义 国际刑事法院 合法性 全球变暖 单边主义 …… 本书还附加了扩展阅读建议和颇具特色的国际关系网站指南，这对于了解国际关系这个日益扩大的领域是非常有帮助的，适合学生以及非专业读者使用。

Though a US-China conflict is far from inevitable, major tensions are building in the Asia-Pacific region. These strains are the result of historical enmity, cultural divergence, and deep ideological estrangement, not to mention apprehensions fueled by geopolitical competition and the closely related "security dilemma." Despite worrying signs of intensifying rivalry between Washington and Beijing, few observers have provided concrete paradigms to lead this troubled relationship away from disaster. Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry is dramatically different from any other book about US-China relations. Lyle J. Goldstein's explicit focus in almost every chapter is on laying bare both US and Chinese perceptions of where their interests clash and proposing new paths to ease bilateral tensions through compromise. Each chapter contains a "cooperation spiral"—the opposite of an escalation spiral—to illustrate the policy proposals. Goldstein not only parses findings from the latest American scholarship but also breaks new ground by analyzing hundreds of Chinese-language sources, including military publications, never before evaluated by Western experts. Goldstein makes one hundred policy proposals over the course of this book, not because these are the only solutions to arresting the alarming course toward conflict, but rather to inaugurate a genuine debate regarding cooperative policy solutions to the most vexing problems in US-China relations.